The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-12-15
THE STATE GRANGE.
Grand Reception by Mayor Blake
and the Citizens of Car ton
Congressman Mckinley, the Orator for
the oOession-Hon. l. b. Brigham,
Master Of the State Grange, m,
Made an Eloquent Speech.

The Assembly Room of the City Hall
was comfortably filled this morning, it
being the time of opening the session
of the State Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry, which will be held today,
tomorrow and Thursday. The Grange
is very well represented by delegates
from all parts of the State. The session
this morning and afternoon were of a
private nature, and watchman stood
at the door armed with a bludgeon.
ready to annihilate, upon the spot,
any reporter who might presume to in.
wade the hall in search OF news. How
ever, the session this morning was
opened by music and prayer, after
which the entire time was taken up in
a discussion of matters pertaining to
the aggrandizement of the Grange and
the betterment of the condition of the
horn. h lnded sons Of toll.
The DAILY DEMOCRAT Of Wednes-
day contained the following:
Early last evening people were seen
vending their way toward the Opera
House to hear the proceedings of the
State Grange. Long before the exer-
cises commenced the building was filled
both above and below People came in
from the country for miles around to
participate in the exercises,
The first thing on the program was a
piece of music by the Grand Army
Band, but they were not present at the
the time, and adoublequartette favored
the audience with choice piece of
vocal music. The band then pat in ap-
pearance, and after it discoursed one of
its choice selections, Mayor Blake came
forward and delivered the welcome ad-
dress. He said that it became his
pleasant duty to meet you one and all
in the city of Canton When our peo-
pie first heard that the State Grange, of
Ohio, was to meet in Canton, they con-
sidered it such an honor that III order
to show their appreciation of the f"vor
c)nferre' upon them; they have deco
rated this u,Dl ung IUr your beneti>. 4le
said that the state Grange was an or
ganizatiOn within the State, and it holds
position in the fabric of State Oranges
W lich is second to none in the Uuited
States. He spoke about the
Grangers as being the real il.
stigators oT the Interstate Com
merce law, which was the first step
towards cheap transportation. He
closed his remarks by commenting
upon Canton's manufacturing interests
and the near relation they bear to the
agricultural interests.
He then introduced 5. H. Ellis. who
was chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the State Grange. Mr.. Ellis
made few appropriate remarks, stat
ing that Canton was the birth place OF
the first Grange in Ohio, which was or,
ganized in the house of Mr.. Mcdowell
Miss Sarah LAWN then sang sole
which was highly appreciated by the
audience.
Mai. William Mckinley, Jr., was in
troduced as the orator of the evening
His speech was attentively listened to
by all. He stated that "a millions
of the people in the United States were
engaged in agriculture. The value OF
the agricultural products in this coun
try exceeded the agricultural products
of any nation in the world. Russia
came next, which was followed by Ger
many, France and Austria. His speech
lasted about an hour, and it was thor
ough compilation of statistics with re-
gard to the value of farm products rails
ed in the different countries upon the
globe.
The Major then branched off into a
protective tariff argument, and discus
ed at length the advantages(?) attend
ant upon a war tariff system. He es-
pecially dwelt upon the wool question
and bemoaned the fact that the value
of wool had decreased, and attributed
this fall in value to the fact that the
old-time duty on wool had been reduc.
ed. The Major is at home when dis
cussing his favorite hobby, and the
closing part of his address may be said
to have been an Out-and-Out protection
speech.
Manager Schaefer then favored the
audience with one Of his humorous
speeches, by comparing Canton of to-
day to Canton of fifty-eight years ago
Mr.. Schaefer said: "Daniel Webster
always made special preparations when
he addressed assemblies of such impor-
tance. In this respect differ with him,
as I never reduce anything l have to
saw on paper, but always speak off hand
from head and heart through the chan
mel of the voice to give utterance
Here is the American continent, over
g8States and II Territories the greatest
country on the globe, the best govern
ment on earth; Ohio the greatest State
in the Union, Stark county the fore
most agricultural and mineral county
in the State; and Canton, its capital
the most prosperous and progressive
city of its class in the State. We have
here the mother and father of all the
reapers and mowers in the United
States: all others are offshoots and
swarms from our hive. We have the
most improved plow works, the largest
safe works in the country, and will have
in successful running operation the
greatest and most beautiful watch case
and watch manufactory works in the
known world. The works are palatial.
We have the prettiest ladies in Ohio, a
state of which every citizen within its
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